Sketches of History, Politics and Manners: Taken in Dublin, and the North of Ireland, in the Autumn of 1810 ...C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1811 - 294 pages |
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Page 38
... drank his health , and wore his colours ; damned his enemies , and swore let others do as they chose , but he would never forsake him .--- He was huzzaing with great strength of lungs , in Piccadilly , when one of the Dragoons gave him ...
... drank his health , and wore his colours ; damned his enemies , and swore let others do as they chose , but he would never forsake him .--- He was huzzaing with great strength of lungs , in Piccadilly , when one of the Dragoons gave him ...
Page 39
... drank his porter with a much less warlike air than formerly ; though now , I understand , he gives himself great credit for the desperate battle he fought with an armed Dragoon . The day was fine , and we had a delightful walk through ...
... drank his porter with a much less warlike air than formerly ; though now , I understand , he gives himself great credit for the desperate battle he fought with an armed Dragoon . The day was fine , and we had a delightful walk through ...
Page 53
... drank a part of his , but could proceed no further ; his jaw became fixed , and he rolled motionless on the floor : --- the Duke coolly finished his own glass , and , smiling on his prostrate antagonist , walked steadily to his chamber ...
... drank a part of his , but could proceed no further ; his jaw became fixed , and he rolled motionless on the floor : --- the Duke coolly finished his own glass , and , smiling on his prostrate antagonist , walked steadily to his chamber ...
Page 115
... drank sitting , standing , or kneel- ing , according to the zeal of the company .--- It is rather an awkward one , however , to kneel at , as it is almost as long as a fashionable sermon ; a part of it , if I recollect right , is as fol ...
... drank sitting , standing , or kneel- ing , according to the zeal of the company .--- It is rather an awkward one , however , to kneel at , as it is almost as long as a fashionable sermon ; a part of it , if I recollect right , is as fol ...
Page 146
... drank in a morning --- then come over said he , and have a comfortable cup of tea , the Mistress will boil the kettle in an instant .--- I should have been a brute to have retained resentment against so worthy a crea- ture .--- I was ...
... drank in a morning --- then come over said he , and have a comfortable cup of tea , the Mistress will boil the kettle in an instant .--- I should have been a brute to have retained resentment against so worthy a crea- ture .--- I was ...
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